According to art historian Philippe Daverio, the "Camera degli Sposi" ("Bridal Chamber") decorated by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) – inside a tower in Mantua's Ducal Palace, which recently reopened to the public after one year of works – is not only "the height of the painting journey" explored by the Venetian artist, but also "perhaps the first 'trompe-l'oeil' in the history of painting."

"Everything is as if the wall was not a wall, in fact as if it were an open lodge atop the tower, closed by a number of curtains, where the summer breeze blows." "The ceiling has been opened to let the light come in, and various putti look down, barely balancing – they look like they might fall down at any moment" (translated from Ph. Daverio, "Il gioco della pittura", Rizzoli, Milan 2015).

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